In a startling case, Nainital police have arrested three fraudsters who had duped several people on the pretext of providing them with several types of loans, including house loan, vehicle loan and others at lower interests. The accused have been identified as Virendra Singh, native of Rampur, Jaiprakash, resident of Bajpur and Hari Prasad, resident of Jaspur. The complainant Anjesh Kumar, resident of lalkuan, had approached the accused on a mobile number published along with the advertisement in newspapers. The accused had told the complainant to give them two cheques worth Rs20 only for securing loan worth Rs3 lakh. As per assurances, the complainant would get loan of Rs3 lakh on his bank account on May 9. Anjesh reached his bank on May 9 and found that the accused had withdrawn Rs58,530 from his Punjab Bank’s account.
The victim Anjesh Kumar had registered a complaint against the accused. In his written complaint, he state that the accused had given advertisements in the newspapers, saying that one could approach them for securing loan at lower rates.
Acting on the complaint, a case under sections 420/467/468/4714 of IPC was registered against the accused in lalkuan police station. Team formed at police station for cracking the case arrested the accused in assistance with Kashipur police.